Assignment 8B

Nathan's hero/villain combination was pretty humorous. I wouldn't necessarily consider a worm to be the best of superheroes, but I suppose it works. The brightness of both scenes are very high, which suggests that both characters are outside. This makes sense since they are both outdoor animals. The worm has several very bright color hues, which suggests that he is a good guy. In contrast, the bird is almost completely black, with no white saturation at all, which suggests that he is evil. Generally, evil characters are represented by dark coloration, which is a far cry from the worm. The two characters share an affinity of upwards and downwards movement, but there is a contrast in the exact nature of such movement. The worm reminds me of a character from a video game I used to play way back when I was a little kid. The game was called Earthworm Jim, and it was about a superhero worm similar to this one. Earthworm Jim's mission was in text, and all of his motives were clear to the player. On the other hand, this worm's motives are subtextual. You would assume that he defeats birds, but you are not wholly sure as to why exactly he fights them. It was explained that he fights them to protect the rest of his worm brethren, but we wouldn't have known that for sure without explicit talk about the subject.

MacKenzie had both the hero and the villain in her animation. She used basic stick figures, and the hero looked as if he could fly. I could tell the difference because of the shapes used. The hero had a round head and the villain had a triangle head. I'm not sure exactly what the square-head figure was...so that led to some confusion. Their movements contrast because the villain just shuffles along, and the hero usually flies. Being stick figures, their bodies share an affinity of shape. Your thoughts need to be active when material is presented, because you are not told what exactly to believe as is the case in didactic material. The sun being in the picture with the hero creates a positive mood, but it's gone when the villain is present. The lighting is meant to be brighter for the hero when he is under the sun. Shadows are meant to be present for the villain, because bad guys are generally represented by dark colors or black.

A third commentary was supposed to be done...but nobody else posted their hero/villain animations.